Catholic Mass

[singlepic id=86 w=320 h=240 float=left] [cf. Gabler 3:5, 1922 3:5] Mulligan has come to the top of the tower to shave. There’s light there, and a beautiful view. He associates his morning ritual with a Catholic mass, and summons Stephen Dedalus upstairs to join him. What he’s saying translates as: “I will go up to […]

[singlepic id=48 w=320 h=240 float=left] [cf. Gabler 3:1, 1922 p. 3] Some pudgy guy is carrying a bowl to the top of a tower. So begins the most important novel of the twentieth century. A ceremony of sorts is about to happen. This is not our first main character, but is instead a secondary one–this […]